The narration method of Story speech in the novel Mawsim al-Hijraila al-Shamal by Tayeb Salih

The speech of characters is one of the important elements of story as it defines the thoughts of thestory and it can promote the events of story. A narrator transfers the speech from the author to thereader and it is manifested as “The narration methods of story speeches”. The story speeches are divedinto five groups as direct, indirect, free direct and free indirect and narrative report. In the famous novel“Mawsim al-Hijraila al-Shamal ” by “TayebSalih”, contemporary Sudani author, the mentionedmethods are manifested based on narrative situation of story. The story is started with the first personview and the narrator presents the report and other methods are dominant as the characters areincreased. The present study is a descriptive-analytic design showing that the direct speech is highlyfrequent in the novel.